Verlie

Last seen for girls in 1970 at #7,995 · Last seen for boys in 1951 at #3,714
Given to girls 92.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 33 births
Debut · girls
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,282
since 1887

Verlie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #586, 1904peak #2,310, 1915girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1970#7,9955
1969#6,6176
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1964#6,7675
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606
1961#3,46014
1960#5,1687
1959#4,03110
1958#4,5208
1957#3,48912
1956#3,18614
1955#3,57111
1954#2,88915
1953#3,10613
1952#2,58117
1951#2,47417#3,7145
1950#2,34118#3,3296
1949#1,96724#3,0197
1948#2,25519
1947#2,04523#3,7335
1946#2,09420#2,9197
1945#1,54328#2,7437
1944#1,80822
1943#1,55629
1942#1,59227
1941#1,41830
1940#1,59124#3,1306
1939#1,51425#3,4805
1938#1,34330#3,5345
1937#1,08543
1936#1,24533#3,1476
1935#1,24433#3,6455
1934#1,12440#3,6795
1933#1,31130
1932#1,00449#3,7765
1931#88760#3,7635
1930#1,10145
1929#1,11943#2,9808
1928#1,01554
1927#1,02356#3,4517
1926#1,01254#3,7086
1925#1,02054
1924#88073#3,5057
1923#1,00556#3,4677
1922#90665#2,63011
1921#89268#3,2148
1920#92162#2,45912
1919#85866
1918#1,01850#3,7286
1917#78877#3,9815
1916#1,00547#3,5166
1915#81165#2,31011
1914#81751
1913#81042#2,8215
1912#89032
1911#83826
1910#71035
1909#61440
1908#70930
1907#71028
1906#68928
1905#76123
1904#58633
1903#81318
1902#90315
1901#82916
1900#80321
1899#1,03410
1898#1,00912
1897#1,03710
1896#84315
1895#93212
1894#85013
1893#68718
1892#1,0179
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0068
1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
1887#63313
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Verlie! It came in at #633, and was given to 13 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1968, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 330 spots in 1893 (#1,017#687)
  • Biggest drop: 503 spots in 1888 (#633#1,136)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1904 at #586 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 49 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1900–1915
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,344
  • Highest: 1 in 8,344 girls born in 1904 were named Verlie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Verlie (585) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#633 (1887)#1,016
1890s113#687 (1893)#963
1900s252#586 (1904)#742
1910s491#710 (1910)#855
1920s585#880 (1924)#979
1930s388#887 (1931)#1,186
1940s246#1,418 (1941)#1,787
1950s135#2,341 (1950)#3,219
1960s43#3,460 (1961)#5,744
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Verlie in 1929

girls
#1,119
43 births · 1 in 25,967 girls
boys
#2,980
8 births · 1 in 134,452 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #1,119Verlie43

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #2,980Verlie8
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 25,967 of them was named Verlie, which outranked 78.8% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlie
  1. #1,107Lurline44
  2. #1,107Mariana44
  3. #1,107Marvin44
  4. #1,119Verlie43
  5. #1,119Arla43
  6. #1,119Burnice43
  7. #1,119Clarence43
  8. #1,137Ardelle42
  9. #1,137Cleora42
  10. #1,137Dorthey42

Tied with 17 names at #1,119; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 134,452 of them was named Verlie, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Verlie
  1. #2,766Woodard9
  2. #2,766Zebedee9
  3. #2,766Zenon9
  4. #2,980Verlie8
  5. #2,980Abbie8
  6. #2,980Abbott8
  7. #2,980Abran8
  8. #3,247Abelino7
  9. #3,247Adelmo7
  10. #3,247Admiral7

Tied with 266 names at #2,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929